Improvement in car-couplings



P. E. SLOAN. CAR-COUPLING.

N '18z,o39 Pat ented. Sept. 12, 1876.

Inventor} Lnesses' N.FETFJRS. PNOTO-UTiIOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

P. ELMENDORF SLQAN, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

lMPROVEME NT IN CAR-COUPLINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 182,039, datedSeptember 12, 1876; application filed August 18, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, P. ELMENDORF SLOAN, of Syracuse, Onondaga county,State of New York, have invented a certain Improved Oar- Ooupling, ofwhich the following is a specification:

My invention is for the purpose of more conveniently coupling cars, withless danger to the brakeman, and which is suitable although the cars maybe of different height, consists of a less number of pieces than the oldmethod, is strong and secure, cheap and durable, and saving of life andlimb. It can be made of steel or of wrought, malleable, or cast iron, orany other suitable material desired, and of a size according to strengthrequired.

This invention I denominate The Good Samaritan Car-Coupling.

The following is a description of the construction, referring to theaccompanying drawing, in whichFigure 1 is a side elevation, the dottedlines 1 in which show the link raised and thrown back before coupling;Fig. 2, plan of the same; Fig. 3, elevation of view from the rear, withlink hanging down uncoupled; Fig. 4, double cross-head or H-link; Fig.5, cross-head'and ring-link.

At the end of the draw-head is a double hook, a a, as in the drawing,with a space between them, as seen in the plan. The shanks of thesehooks extend outward, so as to leave an oblong space, b, between thecurved end of the hook and the base at 0, which is curved forward with asmall projection, down to which the upper surface is chamfered off, asis clearly shown in Fig. l. The extreme rccurved ends of the hooks a areinclined upward, so that their under side rises above the projection atc, as in the Fig. 1. The concave surface of the hooks are chamfered offat 0, toward their outside face, laterally, so as to give free play tothe cross-head of the link, hereafter described. As the cars are passingover a curve in the track, and the space between the hooks at the baseis united to the lines ff, Fig. 2, the front end of the hooks or frontsurface of the drawhead is made flat, so as to strike fairly when theycome in contact. The base, Fig.3, is socketed at a; with a hole, y,runningtlhrough into the space at 0, for a bolt to pass through, thehead of which should be well countersunk flush with the surface. Thelink Z (see Fig. 4) is a straight bar with a cross-head on each end.

When coupled, the bar lies between the hooks a a, with the cross-headsin the bights of the hooks.

When the cars are to be coupled the link should be in the position shownby the dotted lines 01, Fig. 1, and, as the hooks strike together, it isthrown over, or it-may be pushed over by the brakeman with a stick orrod while he is, if desired, on top of or standing outside, and notbetween the cars. When the link is thrown over it falls onto the inclineat c, and

1. The double books a a,connected and constructed substantially as andfor the purposes specified.

2. The double cross-head or H-link Z, as herein described, for acoupling.

3. The combination of the cross-head liukl and ring m, for a coupling.

P. ELMENDORF SLOAN. Witnesses:

EBEN. W. HUNT, A. N. LUDINGTON.

